Snowmobiler Caleb Moore has brain complication

Jan. 27, 2013
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Caleb Moore crashes during the snowmobile freestyle finals Thursday, Jan. 24, 2013, during the first day of the X Games Aspen 2013. The Competition runs through Sunday at Aspen's Buttermilk. / Christian Murdock, AP

by Rachel George, USA TODAY Sports

by Rachel George, USA TODAY Sports

ASPEN, Colo. â?? Snowmobiler Caleb Moore faces a brain complication after a crash during the X Games on Thursday.

The 25-year-old Texan has been in intensive care since Friday and he remained there on Sunday morning, according to an ESPN spokesman.

Moore crashed his sled during the snowmobile freestyle finals on Thursday night, under-rotating a backflip. His snowmobile skis hit the top of a landing ramp, and the sled hit him as he slid down the landing.

He was diagnosed with a concussion and taken to Aspen Valley Hospital after walking off the course. While there, bleeding was found on Moore's heart and he was airlifted to Grand Junction, Colo. He was diagnosed with a heart contusion and had emergency surgery on Friday.

He remained in stable condition in the ICU on Sunday.

"Caleb continues to be monitored in the ICU," read a statement released by the Moore family on Sunday. "His cardiac injury has led to a secondary complication involving his brain. The Moore family thanks all of Caleb's fans and friends for their support and for respecting their privacy."

Colten Moore, Caleb's younger brother, was also injured in the competition on Thursday. He separated his pelvis on the same jump where his brother was injured, and he has since been released from the hospital.

On his Facebook fan page on Sunday, Colten Moore wrote, "Thanks everyone for all the prayers and support. I'm out of the hospital and doing good but still sore. Caleb is still in the hospital but is stable and doing good."

The Moore brothers were among a handful of athletes injured during the X Games.

Icelandic snowboarder Halldor Helgason suffered a concussion on Friday after crashing in the big air competition. He was taken to the hospital and released.

On Sunday, two women's slopestyle skiers were injured. Rose Battersby crashed during the warm-up session and was transported to Aspen Valley Hospital.

She was diagnosed with a lumbar spine fracture and transported to a hospital in Denver. Battersby was moving and had feeling in her extremities.

Ashley Battersby, no relation, was injured during her third of three runs in the competition. Landing her final jump on the slopestyle course, Battersby's knee buckled and she slid into the fence around the course.